The following interview with Nigerian legend and captain of the national team Nwanko Kanu was
conducted by African football magazine New African Soccer and reprinted here with their permission.
The magazine is free to download. Nigeria went into the Beijing Olympics football tournament
confident that they will do well.
Growing up as a football mad teenager, the weekly purchase of Guerin Sportivo was a must. The
Italian magazine was cheap enough and, in any case, I could easily get the money for it off my
parents with the excuse that it was helping me learn Italian.
But what made it such a must read in the eyes of a kid fed up with the banalities that proliferated
what were roughly the English equivalents of Match and Shoot was the serious edge to its writing.
I know, I know. I promised 31 straight days of posts and what happened?
Anyways, I'm here.
As you know, I also write for New African Soccer magazine.
What is that? According to the site:
New African Soccer Magazine is the only monthly English language magazine and ezine dedicated to
African football.
